Safina remains top of unchanged WTA rankings

HAMBURG - Dinara Safina continues to head an unchanged top 10 tennis rankings released Monday by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

Russia’s Safina has 8,250 points, with American Serena Williams 7,806 and sister Venus on 6,367.

WTA top 10 as of Oct 5 (previous ranking in parenthesis):

1. (1) Dinara Safina, Russia, 8,250 points

2. (2) Serena Williams, United States, 7,806

3. (3) Venus Williams, United States, 6,367

4. (4) Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6,015

5. (5) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 5,710

6. (6) Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,201

7. (7) Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 5,160

8. (8) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,820

9. (9) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,512

10. (10) Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 3,490